The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-10-06
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
New-Fangled Beliefs We. Tho Re-
ligion of the Bible.
The Only Source 81 True Happiness 70
be Found In strict Observance of
Christian Doctrine Advice
Ia Young Nca.

tOT MS SUBJECT ~ NtTN=igEt n-guu- Dow
Religion" His text was
And the Lori said unto me. Amos, what
'eest thoS' eaa said, A plumb line.-Amct
VH.S
Dr. Talmage SAID: The sold masonry of
The world has TO me fascination. Walk
about some of the triumrhal arches and
the cathedrals. four hundred or six hun
drcd years old, and see them stand as
erect as when they were 5ailded, walls of
great height for centuries, not bending "a
quarter of an inch in this way or that.
So greatly hpuorcd were the masons who
buldod these walls that they were free
from taxation and called "fyeo" ina sons.
Tha trowel gets most rT the credit for
THESE buildings, AMI les clear ringing on
stone and brick has sounded across the
nges. But there Is another implement Of
just as much importance as the trowel,
and nay text recognizes it. BriCklayer$
md stonemasunS and carpenters, In the
building Of walls, use au instrument made
of n cord, at the end of which lump of
lead is fastened, They drop it over
the side OF the wall. and, as
the piUmmet naturally seeks the center pf
gravity in the earth, the wurkulRH dis
covers where the wall reccdcs srd where il
bulges out, and just What is the perpen-
dicular. Our text represents God as stand
ing on the wall of character, which the
Israeli:es had built, and IN that way
measuring Il.
And the Lord said unto me, Amos what
sees; thou: ana | said. \ plumb lac.
What the world wants is strs GIT up
and-down religion. Much OF the so-called
piety of the day bonds this way and that,
TO suit the times. 1t IS horizontal with a
low state OF sentiment and morals. We
have all been building wall of character,
and it is slaringIv imperfect, and needs
reconstruction. How stall it b. brought
into the perpendicular: Only by the
divine measurement,
Ana the Lord said to nv Amos, what seest
thou: and SAID, \ p!umb Inc.
The whole tendency Of The times is to
make lis act by the standard Of what
others do. Il they play cards. wo play
cards. Ii they dance, we dance. IL they
read certain STYLES of books, We read them,
We tarow over The wall of our character
the tangled plumb line Of other lives, and
reject the infallihle test which Amos saw.
The question Tor me should not he what
You think Is right, hut what God thinks is
right. ThiS perpetual reference to the be-
havior o. others. a7 though it decided any
thing but human faliibiiitv, is a mistake
as wide as the world. There are ten thou
edhl lAhhlb liita III hStN bttI 'ilN bIt II
true and exact, and that is the line of
Gods eternal right. There is mighty
attem, being made 70 reconstruct and fix
up tho Ten Commandments To many
they seem too rigid. The tower of Pisa
leans over about thirteen feet from the
perpendicular, and people so thousands OF
miles to see its graceful inclination, and
by extra braces ana various archi-
tsct.ELi coItrlyances il is kept lean
ina from century sto century. Why
net have the ten granite blocks of Sinai
set a little aslant? WHY not have the pill
lar Of truth a leaning tower: Why is
not an cllipse as good as good as Il square:
Why is not an obIique as good as
straight mp aud down: My friends, we
must have standard: shall il be Gods or
mans?
The divine plumb lin, reeds to be
thrown over ell merchandise. Thousands
of years ago Solomon discovered the ten
dency Of buyers to depreciate goods. He
saw man beating down an article lower
AMI lower, and saying it was not worth
the price asked. and when he had pur-
chased at the lowest point he told every
body what sharp bargain he had struck,
and how he had outwitted the merchant.
1t is Duught, it is nauqht. saith the buyer Int
when he is gone his way then he Doasteth.
Proverbs Xxx, II.
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